Partner
Tel: +1 416 617 0533
Email: mobrien@tyrllp.com
Bar Admissions: Ontario, 2013
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Michael takes a practical and strategic approach to solving complex problems.
Michael is a partner at Tyr LLP. He carries on a complex trial practice that includes commercial and civil matters, private arbitrations, public inquiries, investigations and class actions. Michael represents publicly-traded and privately-held companies, directors, officers, shareholders and professionals in all manner of disputes, before courts, arbitral tribunals and regulators. His experience covers a range of sectors, including energy, technology, financial services, infrastructure, manufacturing, real estate and consumer products.
Michael has a special interest in the political sector, including elections finance, conflicts of interest and lobbying law. He has considerable experience advising businesses and individuals, including public officials, responding to inquiries from regulatory bodies and legislative committees.
Michael has received several prestigious awards and recognitions for his litigation skill and client service. He has received the Lexpert Rising Star Award for leading lawyers under 40 in Canada and has been repeatedly included in Benchmark Litigation’s 40 & Under list. He is ranked by Benchmark Litigation as a Litigation Star, by Lexpert Canada as a “Repeatedly Recommended” Corporate Commercial litigator, and by Best Lawyers in Administrative and Public Law. He has appeared in Lexpert Canada special editions for Energy, Litigation and Bankruptcy and Insolvency.
Michael is the Vice-Chair of an American Bar Association subcommittee on Class and Derivative Actions, the former editor of the Class Action chapter of the ABA's annually published Recent Developments in Corporate and Business Litigation, co-author of its Cross-Border and Multijurisdictional Proceedings chapter, and a contributing author to the fourth and fifth editions of Defending Class Actions in Canada. He also teaches the Corporate Remedies course for the Professional LLM Program at Osgoode Hall, York University, and was previously a faculty advisor for the Ryerson LPP Trial Advocacy Training Workshop. Prior to joining Tyr LLP in October 2019, Michael practiced commercial and civil litigation at McCarthy Tétrault LLP.
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Aleafia Health Auditor Badesha v. Cronos Group Inc. Canadian Financial Institution re Data Breach Canadian Financial Institution re Injunctive Relief Canadian Financial Institution re Preparing Key Personnel Canadian Financial Institution re SASS Offerings Cannabis Company Chemical Supply Chain Master Distributor Commercial Warehouse Tenant Coxswain Row Capital Corporation v. Nigig Power Corporation et al. DCR Strategies Inc. v Gomez Defence of Energy Company in Abuse of Dominance Proceeding Delayed Diagnosis of Cancer - Failure to Diagnose Delayed Diagnosis of Tumour Director of Canadian Charity Franchisor Franchisor re Consumer Complaints Freshii Development, LLC et al. ats Kore Meals LLC Individual Plaintiffs Professionals before Discipline Committee Professionals before Licensing Body Professional Defamation Shareholders in Well-Established Family-Owned Company STV Inc. Target of OSC Investigation TorstarCo-Founder & Co-Chair, The Charter Project, a public awareness and education initiative regarding the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms